Prayagraj: Corona second wave on the wane, daily cases dip by 94% in a month

PRAYAGRAJ: The deadly second wave of Covid-19, which hit like a lightning with cases surging to record highs within days, is fading away rapidly as new cases have declined by 94% since its peak of 2,456 almost a month ago.
On April 17, Prayagraj saw Covid hit the peak of 2,456 cases in a 24-hour period, but on May 15, the number dipped to mere 165, registering around 94% decline in a month, bringing relief to administration, health officials, doctors and paramedics.
Besides, for two consecutive days, the district reported less than 200 cases, recording 191 cases on May 14 and 165 on May 15.
Additional chief medical officer Dr. Rishi Sahai, who is also Nodal Officer (Covid 19), said the recovery rate is nearing 94% and there are less than 4,000 active cases now in Prayagraj.
The intense exercise of testing, tracking and treatment has helped us bring down the number of active cases by 90% within a month, he added.
The data of health department shows 7,346 cases being recorded between May 1 and 15, coming down to 165 on May 15 gradually from May 14 (191), May 13 (241), May12 (232), May 11 (202), May 10 (286) May 9 (236), May 8(421), May 7 (456), May 6 (645), May 5 (596), May 4 (683), May 3 (863), May 2(984) and May 1 (1,145). In the meantime, as 17,235 patients recovered from Covid, including May 15 (521), May 14 (535), May 13 (399), May 12 (542), May 11(718), May 10 (965), May 9 (1,182) , May 8 (1,483), May 7 (1,182), May 6 (1,046), May 5 (1,749), May 4 (1,943), May 3 (1,597), May 2 (1,604) and May 1(1,769) in the same period.
As many as 140 patients succumbed to the disease between May 1 and 15.
“The cases rose sharply between April 10 and 24, but slowed down after April 25. With the graph of Covid cases declining in the first two weeks of this month, Covid related deaths would also come down ahead,” Dr Sahai said. In just four days, between April 27 and 30, a total of 5,747cases including April 27 (1,598), April 28 (1,493), April 29 (1,267) and April 30(1,389) were detected while 7,012 patients recovered in the same period, including April27 (1,626), April 28 (1,493), April 29 (1,683) and April 30 (2,210).
Between April 22 and 26, as many as 10,010 Covid cases, including 1,743 on April 26, 1,874 on April 25, 2,054 on April 24,2,183 on April 23 and 2,156 on April 22 were reported. Besides, 9,505 patients, including 1,399 on April 26, 1,821 on April 25, 1,807 on April 24, 2,309 on April 23 and 2,169 on April 22 recovered and were discharged from the hospitals or completed home isolation. Prayagraj also recorded 64 Covid deaths between April 22 and 26, including 13 on April 26, 11 on April 25, 13 on April 24, 14 on April 23 and 13 on April 22.
Statistics show the district started recording more than 2,000 cases per day from April 15 and after a period of 10 days, the graph declined and fell below 2,000 on April 25. Health department data revealed that Prayagraj recorded 2,236, 2,456, 2,416, 2164, 2,122 and 2,137 cases on April 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 respectively, while 863, 998, 1,201, 1,530, 1,697 and1,843 patients recovered on the dates respectively.